# Formal Foundations of Agentic Business Process Management

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17347 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.17347/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 2 of its 26 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 19 Apr 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Agentic Business Process Management: Practitioner Perspectives on Agent Governance in Business Processes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2504.03693/) (2025)
- [Agent Miner: An Algorithm for Discovering Agent Systems from Event Data](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.01454/) (2022)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Organizational Memory for Agentic Business Process Execution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.03228/) (2026)
- [From Event Logs to Governed Action: A BlueSky Agenda for Agentic Process Mining](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.07984/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Just like traditional BPM systems, agentic BPM systems are built around a specification of the process under consideration. Their distinguishing feature, however, is that the execution of the process is driven by multiple autonomous decision-makers, referred to as agents. Since such agents cannot be fully controlled, the process specification is augmented with explicit objectives, or goals, assigned to the participating agents. Agents then pursue these goals, at least to the best of their efforts, under suitable assumptions on the behavior of others, by adopting appropriate strategies. Centrally, the organization enacting the process can use these specifications to provide guardrails on the decision-making capabilities of agents at the strategy level. This paper sets up the mathematical foundations of such systems in three key settings and analyzes four foundational problems of agentic BPM.